The thing to remember about Jesus is that he didn’t have a way. “Thy will, not mine be done.” Now we all are of the opinion that this was addressed to “God the Father, Almighty,” because we have been told that for absolute ages. I am here to suggest to you that God the FatherContinue reading “May 27, 2026”
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May 25, 2026
When Jesus said, “Pray without ceasing,” I interpret that to mean “Be always aware of that which is thought of as God with us.” Be always open to that which is with us always. How do we experience “that which is with us always”? “The something that is there”? “The something that is there” hasContinue reading “May 25, 2026”
May 05, 2026
The Maine woods are special places to be. I wish I could wish myself there and avoid the hassle and agony of actually traveling there. Traveling and I do not do well in my advancing years. It is “noisy” in the sense of being an utter disruption in my life, as you know well fromContinue reading “May 05, 2026”
May 04, 2026
The Parable of the Prodigal Son trumps Original Sin. Jesus told the Parable of the Prodigal Son to flip the fundamental religious assumption of the day and the foundation of Jewish religion, and religions world wide, that God was angry with the entire human race and that it is the burden of humans throughout everyContinue reading “May 04, 2026”
April 16, 2026
Religions everywhere throughout time have all been grounded upon and expressive of the projections of those who created the religions. Religion is projection. As is practically everything else. We experience something internally and explain it by using a vocabulary based on external experiences. A volcano explodes and we explain it as the anger of theContinue reading “April 16, 2026”
April 07, 2026
The God Beams are the aspects of ordinary, everyday, reality that announce the presence of–the absolute truth of God in ways incapable of being experienced, understood, known in any other way. We know there is a God because we know of God through all these ways. These are the moments that are transparent to transcendenceContinue reading “April 07, 2026”
April 2026
To be one with God, as Jesus was, is to be one with our own inner Psyche. In sync with the movement of life here, now. Not opposed to it. At war with it. At odds with it. Opposed to it at every turn. No “MY WAY NOW! We cannot live to have our way.Continue reading “April 2026”
January 22, 2026
Yesterday, here, I put to rest the doctrine of Original Sin and the need for the Substitutionary Theory of the Atonement, or any need for atonement as a way of helping God get over the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, which never existed at any time anywhere in the historyContinue reading “January 22, 2026”
January 18, 2026
The Way of the Tao is the way of water seeking its own level, which has nothing to do with what water wants. Water doesn’t want anything. Water just does what its circumstances call for. This is the First Lesson of the Tao: What does wanting know? What is being asked of us? Here, now?Continue reading “January 18, 2026”
January 02, 2026
Redundancy is my shtick. Repetition keeps me on track. I know who I am by reminding myself of where my boundaries lie and what’s still what, slowly adding to the collection of life-long revelations over time. I cannot think of the last new thing, and have no idea of what that next new thing mightContinue reading “January 02, 2026”
December 26, 2025
This is #40 of “200 More Zen Thoughts From Jim Dollar #1” blog on WordPress: In the New Testament, we get to pick our God, and there is a wide variety from which to choose. I’m going with the God who is like the prodigal son’s father: “You were lost and now you are found!Continue reading “December 26, 2025”
December 11, 2025
Integrity is foundational. We live to be who we are and to do what is ours to do. We live to be true to ourselves in all we do. We live to discover who we are. To know what we are called to do and do it. What is “us”? What is “not us”? WeContinue reading “December 11, 2025”
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